War & peace [videorecording] / a Polytel Film co-production with KCET, Los Angeles ... [et al.] ; written by Derek Bailey from a scenario by James Archibald.
Originally issued as pt. 15 of the television series television series Music in time, 1982. Presenter, James Galway ; voice of Denys Hawthorne. Moscow Classical Ballet Company ; Robert Cohen ; The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth ; John McCabe ; The London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton ; Andrew Marriner ; Endellion Ensemble ; New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein ; Philippe Entremont ; Orchestre de Paris ; Jeno Jando ; Laszlo Baranyi ; Moscow Radio & TV Orchestra conducted by Maxim Shostakovich ; Peter Pears ; Galina Vishnevskaya ; Three Choirs Festival conducted by Donald Hunt.
Contents:
Includes excerpts from: Stravinsky's Rite of spring, Ragtime ; Elgar's Cello concerto ; Satie's Three waltzes of the fastidious dandy ; Joplin's Maple leaf rag ; Hindemith's 1922 suite for piano ; Milhaud's La creation du monde ; Prokofiev's Quintet in G minor ; Gershwin's An American in Paris ; Ravel's Piano concerto in G ; Weill's Kleine dreigroschen Musik ; Bartok's Sonata for two pianos and percussion ; Shostakovich's Symphony no. 7 (The Leningrad) ; Britten's War requiem.
Summary:
Discusses the cataclysm of the first World War and the events leading to WWII and its profound effect on music, including the influence of technology, mass media, experimentation with musical form, and war and the fear of war. Stravinsky's work expresses his shock at the Barbarism just beneath the veneer of civilized society. Joplin's rags spearheaded the exploration of jazz and its influence on Stravinsky, Hindemith, Prokofiev, and Milhaud.
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